News from Berwick

 | By Julye Wemple
Wed, 10/18/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Armed with just a name and birthdate, Sharon Burkel began a 40-year search for her half-brother and -sister that ended this year when a DNA match on Ancestry.com led her right to them...


Wed, 10/18/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Photos to be displayed in McBride Memorial Library’s “A Tribute to Our Armed Forces” must be submitted by Friday.

The photos of veterans and current service members will be...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 10/17/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A councilman here says he’s ready to do battle against the borough he helps run after a codes officer told him to repair his sidewalk or face a citation.

Andrew Shecktor, who...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 10/16/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Almost 15 years to the day after taking out a loan to build a new indoor pool and lobby area, the Berwick YMCA paid it off.

“For the first time in 15 years, for the first time...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Sun, 10/15/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Handcuffed and reportedly intoxicated, a man used a leg lock to knock a police officer to the ground, noting he wrestled for 12 years, court papers say.

Robert John...


 | By Adam Roberts
Sat, 10/14/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick’s Damon Beckhorn saw the football bouncing around and he couldn’t help himself.

“I saw green grass. That’s all I saw. Green grass and the ball,” the defensive back...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 10/14/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A medical office worker accused of forging prescriptions to acquire opioid drugs told a judge Friday that she is not an addict.

Kayla M. Trenholm, 28, of 28 Schoolhouse Road,...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Fri, 10/13/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick woman with a history of shoplifting arrests got three more last month while at Dollar General Stores located along East Front Street here and also in Briar Creek Township,...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Fri, 10/13/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg woman allegedly involved in a purse snatching has been declared a fugitive and a warrant has been issued for her arrest, according to court records.

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 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 10/13/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A podiatrist faces multiple felony charges after allegedly prescribing opioid pain killers to employees who weren’t his patients.

Dr. Jody J. Kubicki, 47, wrote prescriptions...